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,:=^§&¤#@# = = = = = = = = = = = #@#¤&§^=:,
,::=^^§&&¤ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¤&&§^^=::,
,:=^§&¤### ###¤&§^=:,
,,:==§&&## just off the coast to the baltic sea ##&&§==:,,
,,,,,=§&¤¤ there's a freshwater pond, secluded ¤¤&§=,,,,,
,:=^§&¤### among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the ###¤&§^=:,
,:=^§&¤#@# limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the #@#¤&§^=:,
,:=^&¤#@## surrounding plains, a ninety degree ##@#¤&^=:,
,,,,:=^&#@ drop down, down, to the midnight-black @#&^=:,,,,
,,,::=§¤¤@ water. @¤¤§=::,,,
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,:====^§¤¤ ====§§§§§§§§==== ¤¤§^====:,
,:=^§&¤#@@ ==§§ §§== @@#¤&§^=:,
,:=^§&¤#@# =====§§ fairies live here. §§===== #@#¤&§^=:,
,:=^§&¤#@# ==§§ §§== #@#¤&§^=:,
,:::=^^^&¤ ====§§§§§§§§==== ¤&^^^=:::,
,:::=^^&¤¤ ¤¤&^^=:::,
,:=^§&¤#@# they speak to the sloane, caress it, #@#¤&§^=:,
,,,===§&¤# urge it to grow thicker, tangled, with #¤&§===,,,
,,,:=^&¤## longer and sharper thorns. they tell it ##¤&^=:,,,
,:=^§&¤¤#@ to stay just below the grass, so that @#¤¤&§^=:,
,:=^§&¤¤¤@ the animals what come to drink the @¤¤¤&§^=:,
,,,,:=§&## water cannot see it before it draws ##&§=:,,,,
,:=^§&¤##@ their blood. closer to the pond, the @##¤&§^=:,
,,,,,=§&&¤ sloane can grow taller, being able to ¤&&§=,,,,,
,::==§&&#@ hide also in the juniper. @#&&§==::,
,:=^§&¤#@# #@#¤&§^=:,
,:=^§&¤#@# the fairies will beckon the animals to #@#¤&§^=:,
,:=^§&¤#@# push forward, tell them that they're #@#¤&§^=:,
,,,,=^&¤#@ almost at the water, that they may @#¤&^=,,,,
,,,,=§§¤## drink soon. and they will tug on the ##¤§§=,,,,
,,,==^§&## sloane to make sure that the thorns cut ##&§^==,,,
,:=^§&¤#@# deep. when they finally find the path #@#¤&§^=:,
,:=^§&¤### down between the rocks, away from the ###¤&§^=:,
,:=^§&¤#@# bushwork and into the cleft, they are #@#¤&§^=:,
,:=^§&¤### bleeding from a thousand wounds. as ###¤&§^=:,
,:=^§&¤#@@ they drink from the dark water, it is @@#¤&§^=:,
,:=^§§§&¤# in turn drinking the animals blood. #¤&§§§^=:,
,:===§§§&# #&§§§===:,
,:=^§&¤### the circle is complete, the contract ###¤&§^=:,
,:=^§&¤#@@ carried out; the animal is abandoned to @@#¤&§^=:,
,:=^§&¤##@ find its own way back. the bushes roots @##¤&§^=:,
,,,,,=§§&¤ drink the nutrutious water. the fairies ¤&§§=,,,,,
,:=^^^^§§¤ dance in the sunbeams. ¤§§^^^^=:,
,:=^§&¤#@@ @@#¤&§^=:,
,:=^§&¤#@# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #@#¤&§^=:,
,:=^§&¤#@@ = = = = = = = = = = = @@#¤&§^=:,
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